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10/24 - New
Beginnings Employee Town
Hall, Auditorium, 5:45-8:45 am and
1:45-4:45 pm
From October 11-13, the New Beginnings treatment team attended The
National Crittenton Foundation hosting of In Solidarity We Rise: Healing,
Opportunity and Justice for Girls (In Solidarity) conference in
Washington, DC.
The core to In Solidarity is in the leadership and engagement of girls and
Top: Senior Youth Development young women, and the use of a variety of approaches to learning,
Representative Chandler honoring culinary strategizing and connecting that are creative, intersectional, and two or
staff Kevin Hooks for outstanding culinary multigenerational.
work. Bottom: Deputy Superintendent In Solidarity focuses on three key components:
Shawn Dowell presenting SYDR Richardson
with an award as hes named Manager of HEALINGUnderstanding the root causes of trauma and
the Month. discovering new pathways to well-being,
OPPORTUNITY Exploring diverse and innovative ways
to support health, economic security and civic engagement
for girls, and
JUSTICE Catalyzing and strengthening the justice
reform for girls' movement.
The National Crittenton Foundation President Jeannette Pai-Espinosa
emphasizes in the conference brochure that Now more than ever, we
know that we must be unified in order to advance the needs and potential
of girls and young women who, through no fault of their own, live on the
margin of the American dream. But its not that simple. Why? Because
divide and conquer is a very powerful force. Given this reality In
Solidarity has been created as more than a conference. It has been
designed as an opportunity to connect, to be moved and energized, and
to strategize together with young women as leaders for change.